In Big Tech layoffs, cooks and janitors are hit hardest

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In Big Tech layoffs, cooks and janitors are hit hardest

 

Doug Lawson, 34, was promoted two years ago to lead line cook by a contracting company that staffs many of the cafeterias at Facebook-parent Meta.

 

He was excited to take the new job, helping other cooks prepare food for the company’s tech workers — whipping up dishes such as pork buns and steamed vegetables at the company’s Seattle offices.

 

But in March, contracting company Flagship gave Lawson and his fellow line cooks a stark choice: They could either accept a lower-level position with similar responsibilities and lower compensation, or be laid off. Lawson stayed, but the reduction in his monthly take-home pay has stung.

“Rent is not getting $160 cheaper. Food is not getting cheaper,” said Lawson, who now makes about $26 an hour, $1 an hour less than before. “A lot of people couldn’t take that,” so they took a severance package and left, he said.

 

For years, tech giants like Facebook and Google have been known for generous perks like free food and massages, outfitting their sprawling campuses in Silicon Valley and beyond to attract the best engineering talent and keep them in the office as long as possible. Many of those services — plus others, from janitorial tasks to content moderation and engineering — are provided by an army of largely invisible contractors, like Lawson, who are employed by outside firms and don’t receive the same benefits or compensation as direct employees.

 

 

Now, amid steep tech layoffs and cutbacks, due in large part to weaker spending on digital ads, those workers are some of the most vulnerable.

 

Google, in an email to staff earlier this year, said it would cut down on the number of “microkitchens” that dot its offices and are stocked by contract workers. Others who provide support for the company’s army of engineers are being hit, too, as the firm cuts down on the free perks that defined its work culture for years. When Google laid off 12,000 employees in January, among them were two dozen massage therapists.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/05/tech-layoffs-contract-temp-workers/

 

 

 

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供餐少了,垃圾就少了。可以理解。 -icando2- 給 icando2 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 07/06/2023 postreply 11:06:33

Private sector companies added 497,000 jobs in June, -sji- 給 sji 發送悄悄話 sji 的博客首頁 (868 bytes) () 07/06/2023 postreply 11:23:43

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我原來的公司雷了好幾批 ,打掃衛生的一直在 -雪狗2014- 給 雪狗2014 發送悄悄話 雪狗2014 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/06/2023 postreply 16:19:46

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